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Hi! I'd like to invest a bit of money into a moderately-sized system (with the dream/idea of starting a nano/microbrewery in the next couple of years), but I figured I should ask some advice first! Currently, I'm doing small (15L or so) brew-in-a-bag batches using a 35L pot on my (gas)...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the boiling water and steam should be enough to kill off anything worth worrying about. I figure I'll just get a few litres boiling and let it simmer away while I wash all the bottles. To be honest, I don't expect this batch of beer to sit around long enough for...

Hiya -- I recently moved across the Atlantic, so am in the process of rebuilding my equipment collection. At the moment, I am lacking anything for use as a bottling bucket. My plan is to eventually pick up a carboy or demijohn to use as my fermentor, and use my plastic bucket for...

A bit of an old post, but thanks for this! I'm definitely going to swing by Ikea this week... I did my first BIAB batch last night with a pair of paint straining bags (after belatedly realizing that my kettle was too large and I had way too much grain for one bag). It worked, but efficiency...

Hi everyone -- I recently moved across the atlantic (from Canada to the south of France). I decided to sell off most of my brewing equipment to a friend (typing this brings a small tear to my eye) and buy new stuff rather than shipping everything. I am planning on getting a plate...

So, this weekend I got married -- fun! Now I have a problem: too much leftover beer. It's a hard life... I know. Specifically, I had purchased two 30L kegs from a local brewpub (they gave me one as a gift, also. a seriously great bunch of guys), and have a ton left in the kegs (my own...

so, as a follow up to this, I'm still standing! (your results may vary) after my girlfriend vowed that she would absolutely not drink anything with this kombucha in it (she says the 2010 date on the jar actually is accurate), I decided to play it safe and only mix part of my raspberry beer...

It does look sealed from the photo, but that lid is just sitting loosely on the top of the jar, so gas can still escape and it keeps the bugs out, etc. I've done this before in the past without problems (storing a spare mother in the freezer). I had never tried it with a mother that was in...

So, I've been making kombucha off and on for a couple of years now with great results (originally started from a commercial bottle). Due to various distractions, beer brewing and overall laziness I left two (2 litre) jars of kombucha in a corner of my pantry for a long time. One went obviously...

Hi all -- I've been brewing for about a year and a half now, with great (if I do say so myself) results. Aside from the first two batches, I've been doing all-grain and modifying recipes that I've found with a bit of a trial and error ('why not throw this in?!') approach. The beer has...

that actually looks pretty awesome

I've done a search of the forums for recarbonating, but didn't find anything that relates to my particular situation, so here's a new post. A while back I saw an ad for a 'beer machine' on craigslist, and thought that it might be a nice alternative to bottling (as I'm not ready to invest in a...

Hi all -- Thanks for the quick replies. I'm definitely going to look into this more, and will be back here with whatever information I gather.... and eventually pictures and tasting notes! It should be a fun project and (not to be too dramatic) really brings to life the historical aspect...

Hi everyone -- The backstory: Last year a friend of mine mentioned that he was looking for a good side project to start at his family's blueberry farm in Nova Scotia. Since I'm a beer fanatic and was just getting ready to brew my first batch of beer, I stood up and shouted "hops"! It's a...